Women are caught in a double bind, marginalized in the community if they are not wives and mothers, under excessive pressure to be perfect if they are.
妇女们处于进退两难的境地:若不结婚生子会被社会边缘化,但要两全其美则压力重重。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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He who has not viewed the things of this world and the heart of man under this double light has seen nothing and knows nothing of the true.